Xie Xiaolian stayed at Lao Bai's house.
He hasn't experienced family life in a long time.
Every morning early in the morning, I heard Mrs. Bai cursing, Eugene Gui jumping up and down, Xie Chuntao working hard, white wooden boards rubbing tools on the ground, Mrs. Zhen speaking softly and reasoning, Xiao Fuyuan and Erlang reciting the Three-Character Sutra clearly, Bai Zhaomei carrying The sound of Dalang Sanlang punching...
The noise made him unable to sleep at first, but after he got used to it, he found that this family was very interesting.
The Bai family is a big country stage, and he, the audience, is very happy.
Xie Xiaolian was lying in the side room of Lao Bai's house, holding a moon-white handkerchief embroidered with lotus flowers.
The young woman who bandaged her wounds at the mass grave that day appeared in front of her eyes.
The veil was dipped in blood, and the blood hit the lotus.
That day Xie Chuntao pulled off the cloth strips on his legs, and he quietly took the veil out of a pile of black cloth strips and hid it in his arms.
At night, when everyone was asleep, I would stand on tiptoes in the yard, wash them, dry them, and hide them in my arms. I would take them out and look at them from time to time.
Xie Xiaolian thought so.
The young woman who met that day must be returned to others. After all, if a married woman's belongings are placed in the hands of an unmarried man, don't make any gossip and end badly.
It doesn't matter to him, the key is that it will damage the reputation of this young woman.
A man chopped off his arm after looking at it, married a beggar after picking up a handkerchief, hung him after being rumored to be having an affair with a foreign man... He had heard a lot of stories about cruelty to women, and he didn't want to do it because of it. A veil developed into a romantic storm and harmed others.
Thinking of Fengyue's turmoil, Xie Xiaolian's face suddenly turned red.
"Xiao Lian, I threw away your old pair of shoes, and I made a new pair for you." Xie Chuntao walked into the house, carrying a new pair of cloth shoes in his hand.
"Sister, thank you very much." Xie Xiaolian put the handkerchief into her arms in a panic. She felt quite guilty and wanted to ask Xie Chuntao what she should say.
"Are you being polite? I think your feet are similar to my Da Zhuang's. They were made according to his specifications. You can try it later. If it doesn't work, I'll change it for you." Xie Chuntao put the shoes on Xie Xiaolian's bedside and simply She didn't see Xie Xiaolian's handkerchief, and even if she saw it, she couldn't think of anything.
Xie Xiaolian's drama is a bit too much.
Xie Xiaolian is wearing Bai Dazhuang's clothes, and they are new clothes that Bai Dazhuang usually wears for the New Year that he is reluctant to wear. Now he has made a new pair of shoes.
He has no shortage of money and fine clothes.
Over the years, she has come and gone, been plotted against by the living, and tumbled among the dead, but no one has ever been so kind to her.
Xie Chuntao always reminded him of his own sister.
The sister who got lost in the escape was about the same age as Xie Chuntao in front of her.
Thinking of her sister, Xie Xiaolian's heart tightened.
"Sister." She called Xie Chuntao even more fervently, "I don't know how to thank you for taking care of my food, housing, and clothes."
"It's not worth it. Anyone who goes out has no trouble." Xie Chuntao said, "It's human nature to help me when I see it. You call me sister, but you don't want me to make you a pair of shoes."
"Okay, if you don't mind me, eldest sister, I will recognize you as my real sister from now on. I also have a sister who was lost while fleeing." Xie Xiaolian told Xie Chuntao her sad story.
Xie Chuntao sighed, feeling more and more sympathetic to Xie Xiaolian.
"I have two younger brothers, no less than one." Xie Chuntao said with a smile.
The two recognized themselves as siblings and started chatting.
"By the way, sister, are there any weird people or things in our Nanguan Mountain area?" Xie Xiaolian thought of the auspicious incident and asked Xie Chuntao.
"Weird people and things? An Xiucai from Xiashan Village must be considered. When he took the exam, he said he was ranked first in the exam, and when the results were released, he went crazy for some reason. In those years of drought, it never rained in this area of Nanguan Mountain, so the Dragon King Temple The Dragon King was pulled out to dry in the sun for half a month before it rained. A rich man in Nanguan Town abandoned his wife who was a loser and took a brothel girl, and was struck to death by lightning..." Xie Chuntao said as he thought.
Xie Xiaolian: "Sister, that's not the case."
What's the matter? It's the Dragon King and it's struck by lightning.
This has nothing to do with Xiangrui, but he can't directly tell Xie Chuntao about Xiangrui, so he can only continue to guide him.
"What is considered weird?" Xie Chuntao was puzzled.
"For example, who was born with abnormal weather, and whose family got certain things, the better."
Yes, according to this standard, her sister-in-law can be considered a good one.
According to parents, when my sister-in-law was born, a dead old plum blossom suddenly burst into bloom behind the house she rented in Huaicheng. During the full moon feast, there was heavy snow in the Nanguan Mountain area and only the weather cleared in Shenshu Village. And ever since my sister-in-law came to the house, life at home has obviously gotten better and better. The lack of eggs in the house attracted a group of wild geese and ducks just a few days ago...
But can this be said? cannot!
Xie Chuntao is not stupid. This kind of thing can only be kept at home. If it spreads, it will not be good for my sister-in-law or the Lao Bai family.
"I've never heard of it. How could such a thing happen? It's not like a deity coming down to earth." Xie Chuntao pondered for a while, then asked with squinting eyes, "Xiao Lian, why are you asking these questions?"
"It's nothing, it's just that my little master likes to hear such weird stories and collects them everywhere. I thought of it and asked about it." Xie Xiaolian lied casually.
"Then you go to the town and buy a storybook. I heard from the village chief that the Fox Demon Storytelling Book sold in Nanguan Town has become very popular recently. Even the storyteller in the tea house and restaurant tells it according to the book." Xie Chuntao said.
"My little master is illiterate and can't understand." Xie Xiaolian mocked A Zhen.
In the study room of the mansion in Nanguan Town, A Zhen, who was sitting upright and listening to his teacher's lecture, sneezed.
"By the way, sister, you just mentioned Xiashan Village. Are there any girls in your village who married into Xiashan Village?" Xie Xiaolian suddenly remembered that the young woman who bandaged his bleeding grave that day was married to Xiashan Village.
"There are several of them. Xiashan Village has better conditions than our Shenshu Village and has more fertile fields. Many families in the village want their girls to marry there. The sister of my second daughter-in-law is married there."
Xie Xiaolian had seen Yu Jingui's house-ruining nature in the past few days, and felt that the young woman and Yu Jingui were completely different people. When she wanted to ask about the other girls, she felt embarrassed.
The handkerchief was covering his heart, making it feel slightly hot.
"I'm just asking. Last time I was in the mountains, an eldest sister gave me a bowl of water, saying it was from the village down the mountain. I forgot to ask where she lived specifically and wanted to say thank you." Xie Xiaolian explained guiltily.
"A bowl of water is not worth anything." Xie Chuntao said.
"Sister, I have one more thing to ask you. Am I not buying a homestead? I see there is a dilapidated yard opposite your house. It is quite big. Where is the family?" Xie Xiaolian changed the topic to buying a homestead. .
"To be honest, I haven't met that family before. They were like that across the street when I married. They say their surname is Jiang, who used to be the biggest landowner in the village. His descendants moved to Huaicheng when they were promising. They sold all the land and haven't come back for more than ten years. But the yard is in such a dilapidated condition. If you want to buy it, you have to ask the village chief." Xie Chuntao revealed the information he knew to Xie Xiaolian.
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Under the fence of the Bai family, Mrs. Xia was chatting with Mrs. Zhen with her hands folded.
Ever since Bai Erzhuang and Xia Qinghe broke off their engagement, the two families had no contact with each other.
When little Fuyuan was born, the two families sent sheep and fish back and forth twice. Later, the meat sent by the Bai family and the Xia family returned, and the two families returned to the state of being strangers to each other.
Mrs. Xia came to see Zhen for her daughter Xia Qinghe.
